The buyers of Los Angeles

Los Angeles isn’t just the home of Hollywood, but also where wine aficionados are to be found. Jeff Siegel surveys the market.

Skyline of Los Angeles

When it comes to wine, Los Angeles is a city of contradictions. Even though as many as four of every five bottles are sold by a grocery chain or mega-retailer like Costco, it has some of the most important independent retailers in the US. Second, it remains a bastion of California wine, yet several local stores are among the key Bordeaux futures retailers in the country.